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RoomMe works as an additional layer for today’s most popular smart home systems and devices, including Apple HomeKit, Wink, Sensibo, Philips HUE, LIFX, Ecobee, Sonos and Bose as well as hub connected Z-Wave and Zigbee devices. Tel Aviv, Israel – Janu– CES 2020 – SANDS BOOTH #41917 – Intellithings™, the Israeli startup responsible for RoomMe, the first smart home True Occupancy Automation system based on patented presence sensing technology, today announces expanded RoomMe functionality that adds voice assistant support across Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri, Samsung smartwatch support, and compatibility with two new smart home hubs, the Logitech Harmony and Insteon hub. Learn more about RoomMe in the full press release below: Motion/room sensors from Philips Hue and Eve are popular options for about $30 less that feature full HomeKit support. RoomMe sensors sell for $69 from Intellithings’ website or Amazon. RoomMe elevates the smart home experience and provides a hands-free, voice-free path to trigger and control connected smart home devices and systems. Rather than rely on basic motion events, RoomMe leverages the unique Bluetooth signature of a user’s smartphone or select smartwatch models to identify who that user is, which room they are in, and automatically adjust settings such as entertainment, temperature, lighting, and more to that specific user’s preferences. RoomMe leverages patented Presence Sensing Technology (PST) to make the personalized smart home experience a reality. Here’s how Intellithings compares its approach to more traditional motion or occupancy sensors: While it’s not getting full HomeKit support, RoomMe will gain support for Siri and Siri Shortcuts via an update before the end of March. Intellithings™, the Israeli startup responsible for RoomMe, the first smart home True Occupancy Automation system based on patented presence sensing technology, today announces expanded RoomMe functionality that adds voice assistant support across Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri, Samsung smartwatch support, and compatibility with two new smart home hubs, the Logitech Harmony and Insteon hub. Intellithings shared the news in a press release today: Ahead of CES, the company has announced that Siri Shortcuts are coming to its RoomMe Bluetooth-based sensor. I am more hopeful on the Mac where I can use Keyboard Maestro to script something on sleep perhaps but that would only solve half the problem.Intellithings has an upcoming update for its occupancy sensor that offers personalized smart home automation. I cant find an action to disconnect a bluetooth device… even in IpadOS 14 with Toolbox Pro installed.there is no suitable automation trigger (sleep? idle for x minutes? even ‘lock’ might work) and.On the iPad, I considered triggering an automation that would disconnect them. I usually have my iPhone with me, so the challenge really relates to triggering and auto-disconnecting them from the iPad and Mac. I have considered how to manage this and am drawing a blank. Imagine being in one part of the house, settling down to listen to a podcast and find that you have to get up and walk into another room to log on to your Mac just to disconnect the bluetooth device binding. This is extremely frustrating and a known limitation. You can pair to multiple sources but pushing content from, say, my iPhone means I have to disconnect them from my iPad/Mac first if that was the last device to stream to them. This is a known - and frankly ridiculous - flaw in such a premium product. I love my Sony WH-1000XM3 bluetooth headphones … BUT … they do not allow you to connect to multiple devices at the same time. Hi … first time post and I’m hoping someone can help…
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